MAC* Ginny

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 179681

---  "Pippin" <1kf.lists at ...> wrote:
>
> Carol wrote:
> > with Ginny as the champion nerve grater in the last three
>> (mostly OoP and HBP).
> 
> Pippin Fowler asks:
> Carol, could you elaborate...? I ask because Ginny never 
> bothered me once in any way, and I'm just surprised to see
> her mentioned among the MAC attacks.
> 
> Pippin Fowler
>

bboyminn:

Some will ask, how can Ginny be so annoying, and I will 
respond, how can she not, look at her family, look at her
brothers.

She seems to fit into that family perfectly. I see her as a
blend of Fred, George, Percy (yes) and Ron (yes). Certainly
you can't expect her to remain the shy innocent girl of 10
years that Harry first met. 

I think what we are seeing is the transition that all young
people make as the move from being an extension of their
parents, to being their own person. 

Plus there is the whole background/foreground aspect. Back
when I was out and about on the bar/party scene, I would 
frequently see someone and become completely infatuated 
with them. But the infatuation was so overpowering that I
couldn't bring myself to comfortably talk to them. Eventually,
the infatuation and frustration would start driving me nuts,
and I would just give up, and totally write this person off
as a prospective partner. Usually the weekend after I gave
up on them, I would talk to them and we would become good
friend, or perhaps, just good friends for a night.

My point is, I understand Ginny's action very well because
I've experienced the same thing. While Ginny was obsessed
with Harry, he was impossible to talk to. As soon as she
gave up on him and moved on with her life, they started to
become closer. 

I do think Ginny is the perfect match for Harry because of
what Harry has been through, and likely what he has been
through is going to continue to affect him the rest of his
life. He needs a strong partner. He need someone whose not
going to cut him any slack and someone who is going to say
what needs to be said when it needs to be said. Though
hopefully, now that she and Harry are an item, with a little
sensitivity and compassion. 

Now, notice I never said Ginny wasn't annoying, but as a
Weasley, I see her as annoying in the way the Fred, George,
Percy, and Ron are each annoying in their own way. When
Ginny's true personality comes out, it seems to me to be
'a Weasley girl through and through'.

steve/bboyminn